Re: iPhone revenue fell for a second consecutive quarter (perhaps due to Apple's failed R&D efforts)

badgolferman wrote on Mon, 5 Aug 2024 00:07:15 -0000 (UTC) :

But your argument was that Apple wasn't doing much lately.
 
Implying that others were.
 

 
You inferred incorrectly.

With respect to Apple being five to ten years behind Android in technology,
which I attribute to Apple's dismal lack of proportionate R&D spending, do
you really want me to even begin to list the tons and tons of rather useful
functionality on Android that is impossible on iOS?

Seriously?

Anyone who doesn't doubt Apple is five to ten years behind in technology,
doesn't have any clue where technology is on the other operating systems.

Hint: Integrated 5G modems (as just one) although torrenting, wi-fi
debugging, homescreen management, system wide firewalls, gps spoofing, tor
privacy browsing, ad-free youtube clones, ungoogled chromium browsers, IPA
backup and restore tools, system-wide ad blocking, saving photos to a
sensible filename, platform portable encryption containers, etc., come to
mind - but the list goes on for a very long time of useful functionality
impossible to do on iOS that every other common consumer OS easily does.

It's only iOS that can't do what every other operating system easily does.